diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 95bc3839173c1..6434129dedf06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -1357,10 +1357,8 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
 					    skb->data);
 				bp->dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 				queue->stats.tx_packets++;
-				packets++;
 				bp->dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 				queue->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-				bytes += skb->len;
 			}
 		} else {
 			/* "Buffers exhausted mid-frame" errors may only happen
@@ -1374,6 +1372,12 @@ static void macb_tx_error_task(struct work_struct *work)
 			desc->ctrl = ctrl | MACB_BIT(TX_USED);
 		}
 
+		/* BQL has to see every frame leaving the ring, sent or not */
+		if (skb) {
+			packets++;
+			bytes += skb->len;
+		}
+
 		macb_tx_unmap(bp, tx_skb, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -4699,8 +4703,20 @@ static int macb_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
 static void macb_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int q)
 {
 	struct macb *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct macb_queue *queue = &bp->queues[q];
 
-	macb_tx_restart(&bp->queues[q]);
+	macb_tx_restart(queue);
+
+	/* The frames may have gone out with their TCOMP interrupt lost.
+	 * macb_tx_restart() does nothing then as TBQP already matches
+	 * tx_head, so reap them from NAPI or the queue stays stopped.
+	 */
+	if (macb_tx_complete_pending(queue)) {
+		queue_writel(queue, IDR, MACB_BIT(TCOMP));
+		if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_ISR_CLEAR_ON_WRITE)
+			queue_writel(queue, ISR, MACB_BIT(TCOMP));
+		napi_schedule(&queue->napi_tx);
+	}
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops macb_netdev_ops = {